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W I N E
Explanations concerning the wine prices (fixed prices and producer prices) referred to in this publication.
INTRODUCTION
Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 of 28.4.1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in
wine (OJ L 99, 5.5.1970) was repealed on 5 February 1979 (Article 70 of Regulation NO (EEC) 337 of 5 February 1979).
It was replaced by Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 (OJ NO L 54, 5.3.1979). It establishes a single system
in this sector. It comprises a price and intervention system, a system of trade with non-member countries, rules
concerning production and for controlling planting and rules concerning oenological processes and conditions for
release to the market (Article 1, paragraph 1).
I. PRICE AND INTERVENTION SYSTEM
A guide price and an activating price are fixed each year before 1 August for each type of table wine
representative of Community production (Article 2 (1)).
Guide price (Article 2 (2))
The guide price is fixed on the basis of the average prices for the type of wine in question during the two wine
growing years preceding the date of fixing and on the basis of price trends during the current wine growing
year.
The guide price is fixed at the production stage and is valid from 16 December of the year in which it is fixed
until 15 December of the following year. It is expressed, according to the type of wine, either in volurne/hl
or in hl.
Activating price (Article 3)
An activating price is fixed for each type of wine in respect of which the guide price is fixed taking into
account the state of the market, the quality of the harvest, the information contained in the forward estimates
referred to in Article 5 and the need to ensure price stability on the markets without causing structural
surpluses to build up in the Community.
The activating price is fixed at the same stage and is valid for the same period as the guide price.
B. PRIVATE STORAGE AID (Article 7)
Private storage aid for table wine and grape must is granted subject to the conclusion with the intervention
agencies on terms and conditions to be determined of one of the following types of storage contract:
-contracts valid for a period of 3 months called 'short-term contracts';
- contracts valid for a period of 9 months, concluded between 16 December and 15 February, called 'long-term
contracts'.
II. TRADE WITH NON MEMBER COUNTRIES
Reference price (Article 17(1))
Under the system of trade with non-member countries a reference price is fixed annually before 16 December of each
year which it is fixed and is valid until 15 December of the following year in respect of red wine and white wine
falling within subheading 22.05 c of the Common customs Tariff.
This price is fixed on the basis of the guide price for the types of red and white table wine most representative
of Community production, plus the cost of bringing Community wines to the same marketing stage as imported wines.
Reference prices are also fixed for juices (including must) falling within subheading 20.07 B I, concentrated
grape juices (including grape must) falling within subheading 20.07 A 1 and B I, grape must with fermentation
arrested by the addition of alcohol within the meaning of Additional Note 4(a) of Chapter 22 of the Common Customs
Tariff, wine fortified for distillation within the meaning of Additional Note 4(b) of Chapter 22 and liqueur wine
within the meaning of Additional Note 4(c) of Chapter 22.
Free-at-frontier price (Article 17(2) and (3))
In respect of each product for which a reference price is fixed a free-at-frontier offer price for all imports is
determined on the basis of the available information. A countervailing charge is levied where the free-at-frontier
offer price plus customs duty is lower than the reference price.
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